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When bleeding is necessary, you will find it under the 

 proper head ; so, if you take on yourself to bleed for 

 imaginary purposes, you deserve to suffer for it. 



In taking a large quantity of blood from a horse 

 labouring under any inflammation, always take care 

 there is a good soft bedding in case he should faint. 

 The pulse will first falter ; and he will generally begin 

 to droop and stagger a few seconds before he falls, 

 which, of course, must be the signal to desist, and 

 then ease him down gently, if possible. The faintness 

 will go off in a few minutes ; but he must be left to 

 rise at his own pleasure. 



Bleeding from the forearm vein, inside the forearm, 

 and from the thigh vein above the hock, should be 

 done with the lancet, it not being driven in so far as 

 in the neck vein. Bleeding from the eye vein, two 

 inches below the inner corner of the eye, must be done 

 with a very slight puncture, or the point of the lancet 

 will be broken against the bone. 



To bleed from the toe, you have only to cut away 

 the sole underneath at the toe, where the crust and 

 sole join, until blood comes. When the sole is cut 

 away underneath with the drawing-knife, take a fresh 

 sharper one, or a clean " searcher" to cut through the 

 vessels. If you cut deep enough, you will generally 

 get the quantity of blood you want. A little tow or 

 cotton is then to be stuffed into the hole, and tar 

 over it, and a bandage wrapped over all for four or 

 five days. 



